Shalome said:
[10 November 14:03] shal: okay, true or false: referring to barack obama as the "Fresh Prince", while demeaning and obviously calling attention to race, is not *racist*
[10 November 14:04] shal: and could conceivably be taken on the same level as calling sarah palin a hillbilly or referring to john mccain as "gramps"
[10 November 14:04] shal: conceivably especially if you were, say, stockula.
[10 November 14:04] bean: actually, i agree with that.
Moving on, let's get back to talking about policy changes, please.
Meh, I took it less as calling attention to his race and more as using his race to take the piss out of him.
But you're the boss.
Anyway, the fact that I live in London and am looking forward to Obama's policy changes either speaks volumes about the potential good this man can do, or how futile hoping for reform in Britain has become.
In reply to a bunch of comments above, without actually replying. I was referring to Stockula's original post in this thread, in combination with other things he's said about Obama, including a song or poem that was much more stereo typical then the simple "Fresh Prince" line in this specific thread. I'll see if I can find the other thread and edit in a link.
Glassmachine
United Kingdom
November 2004
NOV 10, 2008 02:22 PM